My newly acquired F40 replica

are you gonna get new tires and rims?? it would look even better. that is the only thing i think is wrong with it

 

... So far it doesn't look as bad as I expected ...
but original CARELLO round button tail lights aren't as hard to get, are they?

P.S. is it me or that thing doesn't have pop up headlights ? hence the guy is ashamed of taking frontal pics ?

 

The wheel gap scares me.

 

LOL, seriously, maybe these would look good:
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=135416931&postcount=1

 

I agree..... with so many of the replicas they only put in a half a$$ effort. The stick a crappy wing and a few Ferrari badge stickers on a Fiero and call it good. It looks like this thing has a full body kit....... I can't really tell what the paint looks like but I imagine that a poor paint job is pretty frustrating. I guess you could always do what I do with my Vette (which has a good paint) and never wash it and be sure to park it inside whenever it rains so none of the dirt will wash off. Seriously though I dunno what to recomend for the paint..... a friend of mine just got his truck repainted for $400 and it looks great from ten feet away.

I'm looking forward to seeing it............. maybe we can get that crazy old man Marty to bring his 430 out.

 

Is the overspray the problem? I have never had a car painted but from what I understand those Earl Sheib paint jobs aren't that bad but the biggest thing is they don't do a lot of prep/mask work. I though it was maybe all runny or something...... the overspray is realy easy to deal with. Take it to a pressure wash place and spray the wheel wells out and let it dry real good in the garage. Then mask the fenders off with some masking tape and newspaper and spray paint it black.

 

yep, I must say that looks decent!

In all seriousness I have a couple of business cards for detailers on my desk at work, I will forward them on to you in the AM-

I will look for you around town-

 

Seriously? I bet you could just get some wheel spacers for a lot less $$$$$ Heck, even if you couldn't find already on the market you could just get some made for not too much, there is a waterjet/EDM shop in Clackamas that I have used for some custom stuff that would be able to make some easy.

 

As long as the clear is thick enough they can work miracles with some wet sanding and polish

 

I don't think the problem is so much with the bolts as it is with the wheel bearings...... It sounds like you probably will be keeping the car for a while so getting wheels you like are probably not a bad idea.

 

Looks decent enough... Just got to get rid of the overspray.

 

Damn.. The TR must be pretty new to me back then.

 

The 328 pic was Feb 04 and the TR pic was Aug 04..... Rick, Jordan, Carb and I hung out at your place after karting. You took Carb and I for rides. I love the car, the color is great and the two tone interior is nice...... if you ever want to sell BTW - Are you driving Armen's GTO in your profile pic?

 

I HATE when people say "Even If I was rich I wouldn't buy it". IF (big IF) you'll ever get rich, you'll run so fast to your local Ferrari dealer you'll melt rubber off the soles of your shoes. Since you are not, you can't vouch how you'll behave when you have a couple of million smackaroos in your bank account. I'd sell Jebus for that kind of money.

The point of ferrari is the engine (Enzo Ferrari said "I sella you tha engine and throwa tha resta fa free.")
Saying you prefer replica F car to the real deal because of maintanence etc is like saying you prefer a Picasso/Shagal/Matis etc print to the real thing because laser printing is the way of the future and besides paint degrades and can't be exposed to sunlight.

Or that you would rather sleep with a replica Adriana Lima because the real one gets periods and besides real vag*inas are icky.

 

what a freakin' POS!!!

 

Since your putting so much money into this 1985 Fiero to make it look like something that it's not please s#!tcan that 6 cyl. and drop a small block V-8 into it this way it will at least have the get up and go.

 

I agree that using original lights etc is a good idea. However I was surprised to see how difficult this could be for the F40. The usual suspects (ferraripartsexchange and reoriginals) don't seem to carry any for the F40. Ferrari UK perhaps?

 

Found a source along with a nice interior for the Fiero:

http://www.kitcar.com/CR/CRInterior.html

Looks like the F40 uses the same tail lights as the 308/328. Didn't realize that.